The absence of coronary artery calcification does not rule out the presence of significant coronary artery disease in Asian patients with acute chest pain

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 389-398

  Yoon, Yeonyee E ^a   Chang, Sung A ^b   Choi, Sang Il ^a   Chun, Eun Ju ^a   Cho, Young Seok ^a   Youn, Tae Jin ^a   Chung, Woo Young ^a   Chae, In Ho ^a   Choi, Dong Joo ^a   Chang, Hyuk Jae ^c  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute chest pain; Cardiac computed tomography; Coronary calcification

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CARDIAC IMAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING HABIT; THORAX PAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84861480931     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-011-9819-0     Document Type: Article

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